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Roald

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Registered: 2019-02-25

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[SOLVED] Canon MP270 driver

Hey, i got this canon mp270 scanner/printer, that i would like to use on arch with kde plasma.

I got cups installed and cups service is running.
I also got gutenprint installed, but i think i also need the driver for the canon mp270: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cnijfilter-mp280/ (seems that mp280 suffix is cosmetic? and i need that package for mp270?

When i download the snapshot cnijfilter-mp280 and want:
# makepkg -si PKGBUILD
(base-devel and all dependencies are installed)
the makepkg -si PKBUILD fails on building, if requested i can pastebin the build log.

At this point i'm stuck on how to get the canon mp270 to work on Arch.

Last edited by Roald (2019-05-09 16:56:49)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: [SOLVED] Canon MP270 driver

pastebin the build log, or post it here within [ code ] tags.

FWIW if you want to use gutenprint and gutenprint has a PPD file for your printer you do not need this package. It should simply work once configured in CUPS.

Roald

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Registered: 2019-02-25

Posts: 21

Re: [SOLVED] Canon MP270 driver

oh maybe i don't need that package?
i found:
gutenprint/5.3/Global/stp-bjc-MULTIPASS-MP270.5.3.sim.ppd.gz Canon PIXMA MP270 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.3.1 Simplified

That is the one i need, so i will try to look into how to set it up on cups, thanks already

V1del

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Re: [SOLVED] Canon MP270 driver

An additional note here, if your intention is to have this over the network/WLAN as opposed to directly over USB, it might be necessary to install a network protocol handler, available in the form of cups-bjnp

Roald

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Registered: 2019-02-25

Posts: 21

Re: [SOLVED] Canon MP270 driver

No i just want to connect directly over USB, however at this point i am not able to find the correct model ppid to use in this command:

Add a new queue
# lpadmin -p queue_name -E -v uri -m model

$ sudo lpadmin -p CANON_MP270 -E -v "usb://Canon/MP270%20series?serial=817D36&interface=1" -m stp-bjc-MULTIPASS-MP270.5.3.sim.ppd.gz 
lpadmin: Unable to copy PPD file.

How do i find the correct PPD file?

Roald

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Registered: 2019-02-25

Posts: 21

Re: [SOLVED] Canon MP270 driver

oh i was looking for:

# sudo lpadmin -p CANON_MP270 -E -v "usb://Canon/MP270%20series?serial=817D36&interface=1" -m gutenprint/5.3/Global/stp-bjc-MULTIPASS-MP270.5.3.sim.ppd.gz

Now the printer is recognized by the system

*edit* Thanks V1del, for pointing me into the right direction, i just printed my first document

Last edited by Roald (2019-05-09 16:56:23)